Rail-fastening device



T. H. KRUSE.

RAIL FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-10. mu

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RAIL-FASTENING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1919.

Application filed September 10, 1918. Serial No. 253,420.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE H. KRUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arvada, in the county of J efi'erson and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Rail-Fastening Device, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide an unusually substantial rail fastening means, by a novel cooperation between a tie plate, a rail brace, a rail and the spikes.

Within the scope of what is claimed, a mechanic might make changes without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation wherein parts are sectioned; Fig. 2 is a top plan; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the rail brace; Fig. 4: is an end elevation of the rail brace; Fig. 5 is a. plan of the tie plate.

A plate 2 rests on a tie l and has spike holes 3. Rail braces 4 are provided and include, each, a base 5, an upstanding end 6, and a web 7 connecting the base and the end. The'brace 4 has a notch 8 receiving the end of the plate 2, the notch being e11- larged at 9 to receive the flange of a rail 10 on the plate 2. The inner surface of the end 6 is roughened or corrugated at 11 to have a firm hold on the Web of the rail 10, thereby limiting the creeping of the rail. There are spike holes 12 in the base 5 of copiel of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the the brace 4 which register with the spike holes 3 in the plate 2. The brace 4: has a lug 14 which may be of semi-circular cross section, the lug being received in a correspondingly shaped opening in the plate 2.

Spikes. 16 are driven into the tie 1 through the holes 12 and 3, thus uniting the tie 1, the'plate 2 and the braces 4. Because the lugs 14 are engaged in the openings 15, and since the brace 4 is notched at 8 to receive the plate 2, and enlarged at 9 to receive the flange of the rail 10, an unusually secure fastening is afforded.

I claim In a device of the class described, a tie; a plate on the tie; a rail on the plate; a rail brace on the tie and provided with a notch receiving the tie plate, the notch being enlarged to receive the flange of the rail, the brace and the plate being united by a separable lug and opening connection; and

a spike passing through the brace and the plate and entering the tie.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE H. KRUSE.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

